SOME ALBUQUERQUE CITY LEADERS ARE EXPRESSING CONCERN ABOUT THE POLICE INVOLVED SHOOTING OF 38 YEAR OLD JAMES BOYD IN THE FOOTHILLS. CITY COUNCILORS SAY SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE AND THAT THE SHOOTING WILL ONLY HURT THE CITY. STATE SENATOR MICHAEL PADILLA ALSO FEELS CHANGE IS NEEDED AT APD.
POLICE CHIEF GORDON EDEN SAYS THAT, UNDER CASE LAW, THE SHOOTING WAS JUSTIFIED BECAUSE BOYD WAS ARMED WITH A KNIFE.
THE SHOOTING ALSO TURNED UP ON YOU TUBE WHERE MANY VIEWERS SLAMMED IT AND SOME CALLED IT MURDER.
